Access to the Illinois Preschool for All initiative: Insights from five lower-incidence immigrant groups in northern Cook County [Executive summary]
A summary of findings from two studies of the barriers to and opportunities for accessing Preschool for All (PFA), Illinois' universal preschool program, faced by lower-incidence immigrant groups in the Chicago area, based on 9 focus groups with Nigerian, Pakistani, Vietnamese, Polish, and Haitian parents, and on 19 interviews with PFA providers
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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report: Executive summary
A summary of an evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys
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Better serving our children: An action plan for increasing volunteering in the early years and childcare sector [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of patterns of parent and community volunteering in early childhood settings in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of the benefits of and strategies to support volunteering, based on a survey of 2,000 pregnant women and mothers of infants and on interviews and a roundtable with stakeholders
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Childcare and early years survey of parents 2010 [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the child care and early years services usage, expenses, decision-making, and views of families in England, based on interviews with more than 6,700 parents with children under 15 years old
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Childcare and early years survey of parents 2011 [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the child care and early years services usage, expenses, decision-making, and views of families in England, based on interviews with more than 6,350 parents with children under 15 years old
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Child care policy and the experiences of employed Albertan families with pre-school children: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the child care decision-making and perspectives of working parents in Alberta, Canada, based on seven focus groups with 42 participants
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Counting the costs of childcare [Executive summary]
A summary of an analysis of the role of both child care prices and receipt of child care assistance in the net child care expenses of families in the United Kingdom, based on a model of child care expenses
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Early childhood risk and reach in Louisiana [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the geographic distribution by Louisiana parish of publicly-funded early childhood program capacity and child health, education, and economic risk indicators, based on secondary and administrative data
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Estimating net child care price elasticities of partnered women with pre-school children using a discrete structural labour supply-child care model [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the relationship of changes in families' child care expenses to changes in maternal labor supply in Australia, based on an analysis of data from the 2005 through 2007 waves of an annual panel survey of approximately 7,000 households
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Evaluation of Flying Start: Findings from the baseline survey of families: Mapping needs and measuring early influence among families with babies aged 7-20 months: Summary report
A summary of an evaluation of Flying Start, an integrated services program for families in disadvantaged areas in Wales, that examines families' use of Flying Start services and that compares parenting outcomes of families either living in or not living in areas served by Flying Start, based on survey responses from 3,591 families with children under 2 years old
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A summary of a study of the impact of Curious George books and television episodes on children's knowledge of math and science concepts and on parents' involvement in children's science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities, based on survey data collected from 155 families randomly assigned to a book, a television, or a control group
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Exploring the flexibility of the free entitlement to early education: Research among parents [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of parents' views and experiences of a policy in England to provide 15 hours a week of free early education for 38 weeks a year to all 3- and 4-year-olds, based on in-depth interviews with 40 parents, a survey of 801 parents, and an analysis of secondary data
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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2009-2010 [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers
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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2010-2011 [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers
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Improving our understanding of informal childcare in the UK: An interim report of Daycare Trust research into informal childcare [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the features of informal child care in the United Kingdom, including patterns of informal child care arrangements, provider characteristics, and parents' decision-making related to informal child care, based on 10 focus groups with parents who use informal care, a survey of 1,413 parents with children under 16 years old, and a survey of 857 informal care providers
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Office of Child Development and Early Learning: Program reach and risk assessment: State fiscal year 2011-12 [Executive summary]
A summary of an analysis of the geographic distribution in Pennsylvania of school failure risk indicators and of early childhood program availability, based on secondary and administrative data
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Parental involvement in early learning: A review of research, policy and good practice [Executive summary]
A summary of an overview of research and policy related to parental involvement in early childhood education and care in the Netherlands and other countries, and of case studies of 3 innovative parental involvement initiatives in the Netherlands, based on interviews with key personnel
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Parent feedback about Individualized Education Program team meetings: A pilot study of parents with prekindergarten students [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of Montgomery County, Maryland, parents' experiences of and satisfaction with special education services for their prekindergarten children with disabilities, based on surveys from 349 parents
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PBS KIDS Mathematics Transmedia Suites in preschool homes: A report to the CPB-PBS Ready to Learn Initiative [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of three mathematics transmedia gaming suites, which are videos and computer games linked to established children's educational shows and characters, that examines preschool children's gains in mathematics skills and knowledge and parents' awareness and support of mathematics learning, based on pre- and post-intervention assessments and questionnaires from 46 intervention and 45 comparison children and their parents
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Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership: 2011-2012 fifteenth annual report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of classroom quality, parents' involvement, and changes in children's academic, socioemotional, and motor development in early childhood programs in Rochester, New York, based on more than 1,500 parent surveys, 2,000 teacher reports, and 90 classroom observations
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Third Grade Follow-Up to the Head Start Impact Study: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a longitudinal study through the end of third grade of the effects of Head Start participation on parenting practices and on children's cognitive development, socioemotional development, and health, based on data collected for 4,667 randomly-assigned Head Start applicants from a nationally representative sample of 84 Head Start grantees
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Toward an equal start: Closing the early learning gap for Roma children in Eastern Europe [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of preschool enrollment rates, the early learning environment, and barriers to preschool enrollment of Roma children in Eastern Europe, based on a survey of approximately 750 Roma households and 350 nearby non-Roma households in each of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia
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